Thermometer receptacle or case.



Patented Apr. 25, 1911.I

J. HOWB. THERMOMETER RBGEPTAGLE 0R CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2S)1 1910.

i At0 UNITE SATESAIENT OFFICE JAMES HOWE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO TAYLOR INSTRUMENT COM- PANIES, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW'YORK.

THERMOMETER RECEPTACLE OR CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

Application filed March 29, 1910. Serial No. 552,193.

'Fe all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES llowi, of Rochester. in the county oit Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Ther-morneg ter-Receptacles or Gasen; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description of the Same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, 'formingr a part of this Specification, and to the reference numerals marked thereon.

The present .invention relates to recepta cles or eases for thermometers and it has for an object Vto provide a construction in which the thermolneter is reSiliently supported within the receptacle so that vibrations will not cause the thermometer to eollide with the `internal walls of the casing' and become broken.

To these and other ends the invention con sista in certain imprm'ements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more 't'ully dereribed, the novel leaturea being pointed out in the claimtl o't the speeitication. l

Yin vthe drawinge: liie'ure l is a longit'ulinal seetional view ot a reeel'itaele embody ing' the present improvements, a thermometer being` shown in position therein; Fig. 9 is a like view showing;l the thermometer removed; Fig. is a top view of the easing' ot the receptacle 'with the cap or closure re moved; Fig'. 4. is a perspective view ot the devices for resiliently Supporting the. thermometer, such parts being' removed t'rom the canine. i

ln the embodiment ot' the invention herein illustrated l indicates the casingr which in this instance is ot' eltmgated tubular torination and open at its top, a elosure or cap 2 being fitted to the open end.

For the purpose of resiliently supporting the thermometer 3l within the casing' there may be employed a `plurality of Spring arms r Ll, ot curved cross section, connected at. their lower ends by a portion 5 forming a substantially U-Slmped member.y the 'tree ends ot. the arms extending upwardly within tho easing and projecting` slightly above the open end ot the latter. Preferably these arms are not'ehed on opposite. Sides', as at ti, so that. they may be lient inwardly to pro- 'vide portion` T arranged at obtuse anglef to the lower portions. the extreme outer ends ot the arms being bent or tlared outwardly as at 8 to facilitate the introduction of the thermometer 3 between them.

A rra aged within the easing and near the bottom thereof is a helically coiled spring 9 preferably Secured only at its lower end t0 the eonneetim;` portion 5, its upper coil being open to receive a thermometer bulb which has a diameter less than the internal diameter ot the coils so as to tit within the Spring in order that: the latter may engage the taperingr shoulder 'l0 on the thermometer, thus removing the pressure from the bulb which is Aformed oi thinner material than the stem ot' the thermometer'. The coil, duriney compression7 is Supported againstlateral movement b v the arms 4.

Io insert the thermometer within the casing its bulb is introduced between the projecting iared end s S thus separating the ends and placing' them under tension. the portion of the armsl below the outa t' bending;r inwardly under this action and acting as Springs t'or the upper port ions. ll'hen the bulb reaches the coil y pring 9 it enters the upper end of the latter until the tapered shoulder l0 iS engaged by the upper coil of the sprine. 'Ihe cap is then placed on the easing l and engages the outer end of the thermometer '[oreingg .the lower end Slightly downward and placing! the Spring t) under a slight compresaion. The thermometer is thus held against tree. lateral or sidewise movement by the spring' arms 4 while `tree longitudinal movement is preventted bythe Spring.; 9 which also aets to aupport the thermianeter at its thiekent-d portion above the bulb. This ar rangement fully protects,I the thermometer against aeeidental breaking' duo to vibrations within the earning.

l elaim as my invention:

fl. ln a receptacle -for thermometers, tho combination with a casingr open at one 9nd,' of two resilient' arma extending longitudinally o't' the ea. :in;r and protecting trom the upper end thereof. said projecting ends of the. arms: being' bent mitwardly relatively to each other and curved in crono-section torm- .ngr a throat exterior to the open end of the roti' Combination with a. easing, serted therein. comprising a strip of spring curved ineross section corresponding to the interior of the casing, and extendingf throughout the length of the casing, said arms being arranged opposite to each other, and normally Set to move toward each other and having at their outer ends portions turned inwardly at obtuse angles and their extremities flared outwardly to form a funnel shaped neck adapted to receive the end of e thermometer and cooperate therewith to separate the arms, sind a seat adapted to receive a thermometer bulb supported between the lower' ends of the arms.

3. In :i receptacle for thermometers, the

of n holder'inmetal bent into U shape and forming two arms extending longitudinally of the easing: the outer ends of said arms projeeting beyond the end of the easing, the projecting l extremities of said arms being bent outwardly to form a neel; adapted to receive :L

thermometer and :x support. for n thermometer bulb located between the lower ends4 ot the arms l. In zt receptacle for a, clinical thernmmeter comprising a stem und :t bulb of smaller dimensions :it its lower end, the combination of a easing and two resilient members extending longitudinallywithin the easing', said arms being connected ut their lower ends and adeptedto embrace the etem of the thermm-neter, and means between the lower ends .of the arms forming; zr sent adapted to Coperzite with the smaller bulb portion of the thermometer.

5. A receptacle for thermometers com prising' :t long narrow casing, :,r'elosure therefor, and :t helieally coiled spring at the bottom of the easing, having its upper coil open to receive the thermometer bulb and supported to prevent lateral movement thereof when conn pressed.

J AMES HOVVE.

lVitnesses HERBERT J. WENN, S. J. MERKLINGER, M. A. POLLARD, J. F. TUCKER. 

